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Time Running Out, Canada Hanging Back on Emergency Plan to Avert $20B Oil Spill Disaster | The Energy Mix

Time Running Out, Canada Hanging Back on Emergency Plan to Avert $20B Oil Spill Disaster | The Energy Mix — Read on http://www.theenergymix.com/2022/07/07/time-running-out-canada-hanging-back-on-emergency-plan-to-avert-20b-oil-spill-disaster/ World turns blind eye to major destruction, as ridiculous as no intervention in Ukraine,

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Australian scientists discover ‘biggest plant on Earth’ off WA coast

Genetic testing has determined a single 4,500-year-old seagrass may have spread over 200 sq km of underwater seafloor – about 20,000 football fields — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/01/what-the-hell-australian-scientists-discover-biggest-plant-on-earth-off-wa-coast

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‘It’s not supposed to be white’: one of the Great Barrier Reef’s healthiest reefs succumbs to bleaching

first thing Dr Adam Smith does is glance at his dive watch. It tells him the water is 29C. That is warm. — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/22/its-not-supposed-to-be-white-one-of-the-great-barrier-reefs-healthiest-reefs-succumbs-to-bleaching first thing Dr Adam Smith does is glance at his dive watch. It tells … Continue reading

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Urannah Dam is RORT … for mining not agriculture

Urannah Dam is for mining not agriculture – Mackay Conservation Group — Read on http://www.mackayconservationgroup.org.au/urannah_mining

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Amazon rainforest now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs

Cutting emissions more urgent than ever, say scientists, with forest producing more than a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/14/amazon-rainforest-now-emitting-more-co2-than-it-absorbs Dies this mean we’ve declared War on Nature?

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Brazil’s environmental licences face near-abolition

19 May, 2021 − President Bolsonaro wants to slash Brazil’s environmental licences, a move critics say will open a free-for-all in the Amazon. — Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/brazils-environmental-licences-face-near-abolition/

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VicForests conducting more illegal logging and putting Melbourne water catchment at risk, scientists say – ABC News

Melbourne’s most important drinking water catchment is being put at risk by alleged illegal logging in state forests, experts say, warning the regulator is failing to keep the logging industry in line. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-18/researchers-find-vicforests-breach-in-melbourne-water-catchment/100119060

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Water Rorts by Nats wrecks Murray-Darling

Comparison with wreckers of Aral Sea, National Party, with help of Libs, nothing less than evil reckless exploitation of Nature. — Read on http://www.youtube.com/embed/pINHLYx02O0

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Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study

Climate crisis and logging is leading to shift from canopy rainforest to open grassland — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/05/amazon-near-tipping-point-of-switching-from-rainforest-to-savannah-study Rainfall in about 40% of the forest is now at a level where the rainforest could be expected to exist as savannah … Continue reading

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Climate in the Courtroom Part 2: A fossil fuel company is sued. Now it speaks. – Science Friction

A giant energy company is being sued. Now it speaks. So does the scientist who’s become a thorn in their side over fossil fuels. Is the courtroom the new frontier for climate action? Make yourself comfortable and focused… — Read … Continue reading

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